USS Idealia (SP-125)
 USS Idealia (SP-125) underway in port, circa 1918. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
  United States | |
| Name: | USS Idealia |
| Namesake: | name retained by the Navy |
| Builder: | Elco Company of Bayonne, New Jersey |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | date unknown |
| Completed: | 1911 |
| Acquired: | by the Navy under lease on 25 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | May 1917 as USS Idealia (SP-125) |
| Decommissioned: | November 1918 (est.) |
| Struck: | not known |
| Fate: | returned to her owner on 22 November 1918; fate unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Motorboat |
| Displacement: | 52 tons |
| Length: | 75' 8" |
| Beam: | 13' 8" |
| Draft: | 2' 10" |
| Propulsion: | motor |
| Speed: | 14 k |
| Complement: | not known |
| Armament: | One 1-pounder gun |
USS Idealia (SP-125) was a motor yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was used as an armed patrol craft and patrolled the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cape May, New Jersey, on the Delaware Bay. She was eventually reconfigured to her civilian condition by the Navy and returned to her owner.
Built in Bayonne, New Jersey
Idealia (SP-125), a motor yacht built in 1911 by the Elco Company, Bayonne, New Jersey, was acquired by the Navy and simultaneously commissioned 25 May 1917, Ensign Charles Clegg, USNRF, in command.
World War I service
Idealia was assigned to the 4th Naval District, based at Cape May, New Jersey, and operated as a harbor entrance patrol craft on the Delaware River and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Delaware Bay.
Decommissioning
She was returned to her owner, Ira D. Bertolet, Jr., of Philadelphia, 22 November 1918.
See also
- U.S. Navy
- World War I
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- USS Idealia (SP-125), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Idealia (1911)
- NavSource Online: Idealia (SP 125)